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M Edward Page Vollans

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Heiraten und Kinder

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Hinweis zur Person

Farmer and hotel proprietor.

Information from Dorothy Vollans Iler.

1871 personal census, Sandwich East Twp, Essex Co., ON, J1-23:
Vollans Edward, M, Married, 33, born Ont, origin: English, C England, Farmer;
Ediela, F, 26, Married, 26, born Ont, origin: English, W Methodist;
Ada, F, 7, born Ont, origin: English, C England, going to school;
Bertie, M, 5, born Ont, origin: English, C England, going to school;
Frederick, M, 3, born Ont, origin: English, C England;
Eva, F, 1, born Ont, origin: English, C England.

1881 personal census, Windsor, Essex Co., ON, M1-38:
Vollins Edward, M, Married, 43, born USA, origin: English, W. Methodist, Restaurant Keeper;
Adelia, F, Married, 37, born Ont, origin: English, W. Methodist;
Ada, F, 17, born Ont, origin: English, Methodist;
Gertie, F, 15, born Ont, origin: English, Methodist;
Eva, F, 11, born Ont, origin: English, Methodist, going to school;
Lillie, F, 8/12, born Aug, born Ont, origin: English, Methodist.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers, 1905, p. 194-195:
Samuel Vollans, who represents an old and honorable family of the County of Essex, ... was born July 26, 1846, in Sandwich South, son of George and Mirian (Page) Vollans, ...
George Vollans and wife were both born in Yorkshire, where they married. Together they emigrated to America, spending fourteen long weeks on a sailing vessel. They landed at last at New York, going from there to Sandusky, Ohio, and a short time afterward, to Sandwich... he and wife were soon surrounded by a family of their own, eleven children blessing their union, all growing to maturity, as follows: Thomas, a miller of Windsor; William, deceased, a farmer of Sandwich; Edward, deceased, a farmer of Sandwich; Mary A., wife of John Gunn, deceased, of Sandwich West; Hannah, wife of George Gray, of Sandwich; Barbara, wife of Alexander O'Neil, who resides in Sandwich South, with a family of ten children; Jane, who married James Holden, of Sandwich South, and has six children; Elizabeth, wife of John O'Neil of Sandwich South; Robert, unmarried, residing on the old homestead; and Samuel, of this sketch...

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers, 1905, p. 452-453:
Thomas Vollans, proprietor of the Vollans Mills, and also of the Champion Mills, at Windsor, is not only one of the leading businessmen, but is also a descendant of an old and much respected English family.
His paternal grandfather was a well established agriculturist in England, where his whole life was passed in the peaceful pursuit of his calling. His two sons, William and George, sought a more active life...
George Vollans, the younger son of his father, came to Ontario in 1829, and located on a farm in the bush, in South Sandwich, Concession 5, Lot 5, and at once started to clear the same. This he accomplished prior to his death, in 1887, at the age of eighty-three years. He had become a man of affairs, and had served as assessor of Sandwich township before the present three-fold division was made. He married Mira Page, born in Yorkshire, England, daughter of Edmund Page, and to this union was born a family of eleven children, as follows: Thomas; William, deceased; Edward, deceased; Isaac, a farmer of Sandwich West; Samuel, a farmer of Sandwich West; Robert, a farmer of Sandwich West; Mary Ann, deceased; Harriet, Mrs. George Gray, of Sandwich; Barbara, Mrs. Alexander O'Neil; Jane, Mrs. James Alden, of Sandwich South; and Elizabeth, Mrs. John O'Neil, of Sandwich South.
Thomas Vollans was born Nov. 29, 1829, at Prescott, Ont., ...

Commemorative Biographical Record of Essex Co., pp. 128-130:
McCORMICK....
(III) Matthew W. McCormick ... On Jan. 29, 1854, Mr. McCormick was married to Elizabeth Jane Taylor, who was born in New Brunswick, March 8, 1836, daughter of Steven and Jane Taylor...
Stephen Taylor, father of Mrs. McCormick, ... married, in New Brunswick, Jane Johnson, who was born in England, and who died in 1872, aged sixty-two. They were members of the Methodist Church. Their union was blessed with the following children: ... Adelia, widow of Edward Vollans, and living in Windsor...

Überblick vom Stammbaum

     
George Vollans ca 1808-1890   Miriam Page ca 1805-
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Edward Page Vollans ca 1838-1884